Article
Embryonic development of choline acetyltransferase in thoracic spinal motor neurons: somatic and autonomic neurons may be derived from a common cellular group.
The Journal of comparative neurology - 1 May 1991
Phelps P E, Barber R P, Vaughn J E
Abstract excerpt
This investigation focused on the relationship between neurotransmitter phenotype expression and rat motor neuron development, as studied with choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) immunocytochemical techniques. The development of two subclasses of motor neurons, somatic and autonomic efferents, was examined in the upper thoracic spinal cord. ChAT was first detected in a few neurons on embryonic day 12 1/2 (E12 1/2),...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Choline O-Acetyltransferase
- Female
- Immunohistochemistry
- Motor Neurons
- Neurons
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Spinal Cord
